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'''Ariven''' is the ancestral language of the [[Elves#Light Elves|Light Elves]]. Once spoken primarily in the glittering cities of the [[Elvari Union]], Ariven is now spoken almost exclusively among the Light Elven diaspora within the [[Araxian Empire]] and beyond. | '''Ariven''' is the ancestral language of the [[Elves#Light Elves|Light Elves]]. Once spoken primarily in the glittering cities of the [[Elvari Union]], Ariven is now spoken almost exclusively among the Light Elven diaspora within the [[Araxian Empire]] and beyond. | ||
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== Names == | == Names == | ||
Revision as of 09:19, 12 April 2021
Ariven is the ancestral language of the Light Elves. Once spoken primarily in the glittering cities of the Elvari Union, Ariven is now spoken almost exclusively among the Light Elven diaspora within the Araxian Empire and beyond.
Note: Any similarities between Ariven and certain other Elvish languages are purely coincidental and not at all the result of my being an unoriginal dingus.
Names
Ariven names interact with the language's phonotactics as well as the unique nature of Light Elf gender. Some example names are given below to provide an overall feel for what these names are like.
| Dawn Names | Daylight Names | Dusk Names | Midnight Names | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Meaning | Name | Meaning | Name | Meaning | Name | Meaning |
| Elinel | dewdrop | Arnas | fire | Fanalor | autumn | Aradun | hero |
| Sirelin | birdsong | Darinar | blaze | Uranon | harvest | Marus | dream |
| Terine | morning | Carana | grassland | Nolunor | wisdom | Unarun | wish |
| Cirile | spark | Aria | light | Vanuros | silence | Umun | memory |
| Cilpe | seed | Cintalna | summer | Sulano | evening | Orunur | patience |
Phonology
Consonants
| Labial | Alveolar | Velar | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | /ng/ (ŋ) | |
| Stop | p, b | t, d | k, g | |
| Fricative | f, v | s | h | |
| Tap/Flap | /r/ (ɾ) | |||
| Semivowel | w | |||
| Liquid | l |
Note: ng occurs only between n and g or n and k.
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | u | |
| Mid | e | o | |
| Open | a |
Note: Ariven features front/back vowel harmony, with a being considered neutral.
Phonotactics
Ariven has a generally (C)V(r/l/n/s) structure.
Grammar
SOV word order
(TODO)
Example
| Merrin risil tecitaren cirte sormunarun. | ||||
| Mer-r-in | risil | tecitar-en | cirte | sormun-ar-un. |
| Person-PL-DEF | Wryth-GEN | writing-OBJ | first | invent-PL-PST |
| The people of Wryth were the first to invent writing. | ||||
Vocabulary
| Word | POS | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| arna | n | fire |
| cilpe | n | seed |
| cirile | n | spark |
| delgar | n | land / earth / world / platform |
| delga | v | to hold up / support / lift |
| ilne | n | water |
| lin | n | song |
| minta | n | tree |
| milna | v | to grow |
| mer | n | person |
| pelar | n | letter / symbol / rune |
| pela | v | to mark |
| ris | n | Wryth |
| sire | n | bird |
| sirelin | n | birdsong |
| sirna | n | leaf |
| sormun | v | to invent or conjure (cognate with summon) |
| sormunar | n | invention / conjuration |
| tecita | v | to write |
| tecitar | n | writing |
